stāstīt

Etymology
Originally the iterative form of ; traditionally, it was considered a parallel form to, and its original meaning was given as “to stop several times (e.g., while talking),” from which “to tell (a story).” But interrupted speech is not a characteristic of storytelling; it has therefore been suggested that the original meaning might have been “to put, place repeatedly, in various ways” (from 🇨🇬 < “to place, to put”), from which metaphorically “to place (with words) the story in front of the hearer.” In the 17th century, there were some instances of  in the sense of , but this never became frequent.

Verb

 * 1) to tell, to narrate to make something known orally, by speaking

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